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We are very proud to announce that our doctoral researcher Robin Harragin Hussey has published a chapter, \u2018Healing and Holiness in Christian Scientists\u2019 Practice\u2019 in Sarah Harvey and Eileen Barker (eds.), Health and Healing in Minority Religions<\/em> (Routledge, 2025).<\/p>\n

Robin describes how the chapter came from a paper she delivered at the INFORM<\/a> Health and Healing in Minority Religions Conference<\/em> in 2018 (publication of the book was on hold during Covid). The chapter explores how Christian Scientists practice Christian healing; how they do it and the place of healing within the religion.<\/p>\n

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You can find some (if not all) of the book and Robin\u2019s chapter on Google Books Health and Healing in Minority Religions – Google Books<\/a><\/p>\n

You can find out more about Robin’s research here<\/a> (scroll down a little<\/p>\n

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